Bob's main research interests and projects include: Studies of the large-scale structure in the Universe (Euclid, SDSS-III BOSS, 2SLAQ, ISW); Supernovae (SDSS-II Supernova Survey, DES); Galaxy properties as a function of environment (Galaxy Zoo, SDSS); Halo properties of galaxies and how they trace the underlying dark matter (BOSS, 2SLAQ); Advanced computational and statistical methods; Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI, LOFAR).